Table 1.  State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and by State: 2005-06
(Dollar amounts are in thousands. Coefficients of variation (CV) are expressed as percents. For meaning
of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table.)
Description	Texas
	State & local	State & local	State	Local	Local
	government	government	government	government	government
	amount1	CV	amount	amount1	CV
	1	2	3	4	5
Revenue1	176,919,299	0.19	103,964,436	94,335,124	0.37
General revenue1	144,880,569	0.21	83,471,066	82,789,764	0.38
Intergovernmental revenue1	31,080,037	0.39	28,708,710	23,751,588	0.60
From Federal Government	31,080,037	0.39	27,814,334	3,265,703	3.72
From State government1	(1)	0.00	-	20,485,885	0.34
From local governments1	(1)	0.00	894,376	(1)	0.00
General revenue from own sources	113,800,532	0.27	54,762,356	59,038,176	0.52
Taxes	75,732,050	0.27	36,591,749	39,140,301	0.52
Property	32,486,125	0.40	-	32,486,125	0.40
Sales and gross receipts	34,103,814	0.24	28,325,786	5,778,028	1.44
General sales	22,529,042	0.33	18,275,210	4,253,832	1.77
Selective sales	11,574,772	0.27	10,050,576	1,524,196	2.06
Motor fuel	2,993,671	0.00	2,993,570	101	0.00
Alcoholic beverage	698,538	0.13	680,748	17,790	4.97
Tobacco products	545,904	0.06	545,904	-	0.00
Public utilities	1,980,755	0.89	951,412	1,029,343	1.71
Other selective sales	5,355,904	0.46	4,878,942	476,962	5.14
Individual income	-	0.00	-	-	0.00
Corporate income	1	0.00	-	1	0.00
Motor vehicle license	1,674,898	0.48	1,367,016	307,882	2.59
Other taxes	7,467,212	0.43	6,898,947	568,265	5.60
Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue	38,068,482	0.46	18,170,607	19,897,875	0.87
Current charges	22,055,428	0.64	8,614,238	13,441,190	1.05
Education	7,014,960	0.00	5,094,774	1,920,186	0.00
Institutions  of higher education	6,060,984	0.00	5,088,094	972,890	0.00
School lunch sales (gross)	600,298	0.00	-	600,298	0.00
Hospitals	6,496,234	1.60	2,662,023	3,834,211	2.71
Highways	696,635	1.50	22,248	674,387	1.55
Air transportation (airports)	1,203,905	0.55	-	1,203,905	0.55
Parking facilities	25,555	0.44	-	25,555	0.44
Sea and inland port facilities	248,988	0.00	-	248,988	0.00
Natural resources	150,894	20.53	38,174	112,720	27.49
Parks and recreation	347,302	4.61	36,048	311,254	5.14
Housing and community development	187,992	5.09	10,837	177,155	5.40
Sewerage	2,407,705	1.63	11,002	2,396,703	1.64
Solid waste management	882,358	2.75	16,955	865,403	2.80
Other charges	2,392,900	3.31	722,177	1,670,723	4.73
Miscellaneous general revenue	16,013,054	0.50	9,556,369	6,456,685	1.23
Interest earnings	6,478,728	0.42	3,116,409	3,362,319	0.81
Special assessments	162,467	16.68	-	162,467	16.68
Sale of property	238,900	7.93	42,649	196,251	9.65
Other general revenue	9,132,959	0.68	6,397,311	2,735,648	2.28
Utility revenue	9,088,951	0.79	-	9,088,951	0.79
Water supply	3,668,021	1.80	-	3,668,021	1.80
Electric power	4,923,569	0.54	-	4,923,569	0.54
Gas supply	339,188	5.98	-	339,188	5.98
Transit	158,173	0.26	-	158,173	0.26
Liquor store revenue	-	0.00	-	-	0.00
Insurance trust revenue	22,949,779	0.05	20,493,370	2,456,409	0.50
Unemployment compensation	2,105,582	0.00	2,105,582	-	0.00
Employee retirement	20,000,633	0.05	17,544,224	2,456,409	0.50
Workers' compensation	843,564	0.00	843,564	-	0.00
Other insurance trust revenue	-	0.00	-	-	0.00
Expenditure1	160,532,410	0.31	85,513,928	95,470,779	0.52
By character and object:
Intergovernmental expenditure1	136,186	0.00	19,264,517	1,323,966	0.18
Direct expenditure	160,396,224	0.31	66,249,411	94,146,813	0.53
Current operations	116,394,797	0.28	45,365,426	71,029,371	0.45
Capital outlay	24,576,061	0.89	8,645,268	15,930,793	1.38
Construction	19,697,219	1.04	6,860,524	12,836,695	1.59
Other capital outlay	4,878,842	1.06	1,784,744	3,094,098	1.66
Assistance and subsidies	1,620,462	0.07	1,616,334	4,128	28.82
Interest on debt	7,190,272	0.76	1,018,821	6,171,451	0.88
Insurance benefits and repayments	10,614,632	0.02	9,603,562	1,011,070	0.22
Exhibit: Salaries and wages	52,190,671	0.21	13,469,876	38,720,795	0.28
Direct expenditure by function	160,396,224	0.31	66,249,411	94,146,813	0.53
Direct general expenditure	138,254,324	0.27	56,631,458	81,622,866	0.45
Capital outlay	21,654,190	0.88	8,645,268	13,008,922	1.47
Other direct general expenditure	116,600,134	0.20	47,986,190	68,613,944	0.34
Education services:
Education	56,039,344	0.00	14,430,848	41,608,496	0.00
Capital outlay	8,005,381	0.00	1,531,606	6,473,775	0.00
Higher education	15,634,719	0.00	12,574,525	3,060,194	0.00
Capital outlay	1,829,349	0.00	1,526,628	302,721	0.00
Elementary & secondary	38,566,506	0.00	18,204	38,548,302	0.00
Capital outlay	6,171,054	0.00	-	6,171,054	0.00
Other education	1,838,119	0.00	1,838,119	-	0.00
Libraries	401,769	1.13	17,143	384,626	1.18
Social services and income maintenance:
Public welfare	20,357,232	0.15	20,015,439	341,793	9.13
Cash assistance payments	812,618	0.15	808,490	4,128	28.82
Vendor payments	16,592,194	0.02	16,523,726	68,468	6.05
Other public welfare	2,952,420	1.05	2,683,223	269,197	11.49
Hospitals	8,268,785	1.21	2,487,583	5,781,202	1.74
Capital outlay	353,146	1.05	41,159	311,987	1.19
Health	2,463,388	2.61	825,216	1,638,172	3.92
Employment security administration	295,035	0.00	295,035	-	0.00
Veterans' services	680,513	0.00	680,513	-	0.00
Transportation:
Highways	11,020,545	1.14	7,851,071	3,169,474	3.97
Capital outlay	7,609,780	1.48	6,116,894	1,492,886	7.52
Air transportation (airports)	1,517,929	1.16	-	1,517,929	1.16
Parking facilities	26,949	0.00	-	26,949	0.00
Sea and inland port facilities	361,261	0.00	-	361,261	0.00
Public safety:
Police protection	4,876,033	1.10	563,791	4,312,242	1.24
Fire protection	2,034,334	2.76	-	2,034,334	2.76
Correction	4,429,650	0.82	3,043,667	1,385,983	2.63
Capital outlay	106,340	20.43	67,754	38,586	56.30
Protective inspection and regulation	585,777	1.39	362,203	223,574	3.65
Environment and housing:
Natural resources	1,256,639	2.80	814,517	442,122	7.95
Capital outlay	146,194	8.22	28,991	117,203	10.25
Parks and recreation	1,665,830	3.17	77,604	1,588,226	3.33
Capital outlay	467,801	8.52	14,137	453,664	8.78
Housing and community development	1,923,890	1.94	35,253	1,888,637	1.98
Sewerage	2,469,826	2.37	2,543	2,467,283	2.38
Capital outlay	1,013,081	4.44	-	1,013,081	4.44
Solid waste management	1,043,352	2.16	160,194	883,158	2.55
Capital outlay	79,127	5.22	7,989	71,138	5.81
Governmental administration:
Financial administration	1,437,405	1.66	574,204	863,201	2.76
Judicial and legal	1,991,394	1.60	612,927	1,378,467	2.31
General public buildings	845,217	2.24	113,673	731,544	2.59
Other governmental administration	1,073,501	3.51	150,238	923,263	4.08
Interest on general debt	6,040,382	0.75	1,018,821	5,021,561	0.91
General expenditure, n.e.c.:
Miscellaneous commercial activities	18,386	29.67	-	18,386	29.67
Other and unallocable	5,129,958	2.42	2,498,975	2,630,983	4.73
Utility expenditure	11,527,268	2.13	14,391	11,512,877	2.13
Capital outlay	2,921,871	2.09	-	2,921,871	2.09
Water supply	4,386,640	3.35	14,391	4,372,249	3.36
Electric power	5,216,428	3.45	-	5,216,428	3.45
Gas supply	458,752	11.65	-	458,752	11.65
Transit	1,465,448	0.27	-	1,465,448	0.27
Liquor store expenditure	-	0.00	-	-	0.00
		0.00			0.00
Insurance trust expenditure	10,614,632	0.02	9,603,562	1,011,070	0.22
Unemployment compensation	1,058,365	0.00	1,058,365	-	0.00
Employee retirement	9,289,556	0.03	8,278,486	1,011,070	0.22
Workers' compensation	266,711	0.00	266,711	-	0.00
Other insurance trust	-	0.00	-	-	0.00
Debt outstanding	165,571,764	0.73	24,501,385	141,070,379	0.86
Short-term	8,653,297	0.13	5,441,895	3,211,402	0.34
Long-term	156,918,467	0.77	19,059,490	137,858,977	0.88
Public debt for private purposes	32,826,128	0.41	5,434,518	27,391,610	0.49
Long-term debt issued	27,089,086	1.32	3,631,128	23,457,958	1.53
Long-term debt retired	17,800,666	1.19	2,104,442	15,696,224	1.35
	-	0.00	-	-	0.00
Cash and security holdings	343,050,314	0.21	241,171,793	101,878,521	0.70
Insurance trust funds	177,378,862	0.06	156,822,196	20,556,666	0.47
Unemployment compensation	1,940,476	0.00	1,940,476	-	0.00
Employee retirement	172,708,680	0.06	152,152,014	20,556,666	0.47
Workers' compensation	2,729,706	0.00	2,729,706	-	0.00
Miscellaneous	-	0.00	-	-	0.00
Other than insurance trust funds	165,671,452	0.43	84,349,597	81,321,855	0.87
By purpose:
Offsets to debt	40,553,605	0.49	8,691,220	31,862,385	0.62
Bond funds	19,163,439	2.62	470,429	18,693,010	2.68
Other	105,954,408	0.35	75,187,948	30,766,460	1.21
1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (X)   not applicable
n.e.c. = "not elsewhere classified"

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division Created: July 01 2008 Last Revised: July 01 2008 Skip footer section Privacy Policy 2010 Census Data Tools Information Quality Product Catalog Contact Us Home